[robertreich]

And we’re seeing it again today.

[abcooper]

Foods my 9 month old son has absolutely hecking loved:

- shu mai

- homemade bread rolls

- fried chicken scallion dumplings

- avgolemono soup

- spicy Mac & cheese

Foods my 9 month old son says are an offense to god and nature:

- gerber one ingredient apple sauce

- mushed banana

That guy has got my genes, he likes flavors

[abcooper]

Last night for dinner the 10 month old baby had roasted cauliflower in a tahini pomegranate sauce, tomato green bean stew over rice, and lamb roasted in allspice and cardamom. He followed it up with some fresh cut pineapple for dessert.

If my cooking has a number 1 fan, it is him. 💜

[dragon-in-a-fez]

complimented a cashier on her turtle pin this morning and she said "oh thanks, I am a little bit of a Turtle Person" with the carefully contained energy of Cookie Monster telling you he's mildly fond of chocolate chips

I hope she and the multiple tons of turtle merch she definitely has at home are having a wonderful day

[wtf-drawing]

i love this metaphor so much i drew it

[hugh-lauries-bald-spot]

whats a stereotype for your country that you absolutely do. mine is that i unironically go "eh" and apologize a lot and i often drink maple syrup straight

[abcooper]

Foods my 9 month old son has absolutely hecking loved:

- shu mai

- homemade bread rolls

- fried chicken scallion dumplings

- avgolemono soup

- spicy Mac & cheese

Foods my 9 month old son says are an offense to god and nature:

- gerber one ingredient apple sauce

- mushed banana

That guy has got my genes, he likes flavors

[abcooper]

What vibe am I giving off today that caused the laundromat man to sympathetically say “don’t worry, you can make it!” as I left with my clothes

[abcooper]

Dear diary tumblr,

I am really happy and I’ve had a really wonderful year personally, even though the world continues to go to shit. My son is amazing, just now he was super hyper and then instantaneously conked out for a floor nap like that scene in monsters inc, so I carried his little butt to bed and then settled in and read a book for an hour. When he wakes up we are going to the gym to start trying to get back into some kind of shape. I made homemade mocha sauce and marshmallows as gifts for my pals, and my wife made pretty labels for them with her cricut and people did not even realize at first that they were homemade because the labels were professional AF, it pays to marry someone with graphic design experience. I made incredible slow roasted lamb in gravy for Christmas, and for our post-Christmas party w friends I finally got my butternut squash soup to be completely perfect. It contained: 1 butternut squash, an entire head of garlic that had been caramelized in the oven at low heat for over an hour, a can of coconut milk, butter, milk, salt, pepper, brown sugar. Really good, will make again.

2026 goals:

Read, write, parent, cook, be kind, be happy

Cannot believe the wholesome lovely life I am living, what the heck

[abcooper]

“You cheat at uno, but now if I say you look like the ugly duckling from chicken little, somehow I’M in the wrong???” - my students having a holiday party

[abcooper]

Yes hello this morning the baby woke up at 6, we put the Christmas tree lights on and had a morning bottle by Christmas light and then we played a game called “put mama’s cell phone just out of reach and try to walk to it” and then we decided to make other mama some breakfast in bed and we made yogurt toast which is apparently very trendy right now

Then Lyss decided she’d also rather have breakfast by Christmas tree and we took cute photos of the baby man being fascinated by his tree and his ornaments, and then I did laundry, and while I was at the laundromat someone else had a McDonald’s breakfast and it smelled amazing and we decided that even though yogurt toast is lovely it is not very filling and we walked to McDonald’s and got 2nd breakfast and there was a dog there and I got to pet it

Basically an ideal Sunday morning u know?

[abcooper]

Today I told my high school math students about the millennium prize problems, and every single class period a kid went, “ok bet, I’m gonna plug this into AI and have a million dollars by tomorrow”

They have a LOT of faith in AI, is I guess what I’m saying

[depsidase]

[only-tiktoks]

[kawree]

Y'all for real please do these. Even if you're certain your posture doesn't suck. One day you will wake up with impinged shoulder pain like I did and let me tell you it fucking HURTS. Do these exercises even just once a week and it will make such a difference. Especially my fellow creatives out there, stop shrimping over your work and go do these right now. RIGHT NOW.

[abcooper]

Reading a memoir about a little girl growing up w undiagnosed autism and feeling Upset and having to schedule meetings about transphobic coworkers in my workplace and feeling Upset and having to be at work at all instead of with my tiny baby that I’m obsessed with and feeling Upset this is not my favorite week at all and also my shoulder hurts ok thank you for listening

[abcooper]

We splurged on some rly nice cinnamon and I made homemade cinnamon rolls and some pals came over for brunch and we devoured cinnamon rolls and bacon and mimosas and coffee and fruit and eggs

This is what life is for if you were wondering

[anarchopuppy]

isnt it maddening how one day ur 9 and u go to middle school and cub scouts and all the kids are cursing and making dirty jokes and drawing dicks and repeating offensive shit they got from watching south park and family guy on their bedroom tv after their parents have gone to bed (on the same channel that shows kids cartoons during the day) and playing horrifically violent games on newgrounds and a handful of the kids u know have straight up told u they do coke, then next thing u know ur an adult and the ppl around u expect u to act like even the slightest exposure to potentially objectionable content or depictions of the human body will instantly and irreversibly shatter any childs fragile innocent mind

and theyre like "prove to me this wont traumatize my children!" and even the ppl who agree w u go "well u see, in other cultures, and in the ancient past, and if u look at this study-" but like. my source is every child whos ever grown up at any point in human history. open ur eyes. we have never been able to stop kids from seeing and repeating adult stuff and we never will, and its always just been fine

[abcooper]

Question for the child development experts out there, when my 7 month old baby slurps his open mouth onto my cheek is he giving me kisses or is he trying to figure out whether I’m edible

[depsidase]